West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-16
ABOUT WOMEN.


Ella Wheeler Wilcox denies the report thas
she Is to leave Meriden, Conn
Mrs. Logan is rapidly recovering from the
shock Of her recent accident
Nrs 7 C. Aver Is in London, spending
lil,erallv her income Of $4,000 year.
Mrs. Lewis, mother Of the heroine Of Lime
Rocks lighthouse, died at Newport recently.
Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson attended the
opening session of the Concord Summer SShool
of Philosophy.
Nh. Rachel LLOYD makes $500 a year
teaching chemistry 10 students OF the NeoraS-
ka State university.
Mrs. Frances HodgsoR Burnett Is now on
her third visit to England, which she left
when IA years Of age
Mrs. Bright Eyes Tibbals is arranging to
deliver a series Of lectures in London on the
wrongs Of the North American Indians.
Miss Margaret Orthaus, whose father came
10 America as private secretary to Maximll-
Ian, was recently married at Oshkosh,
Wis
Miss Annie Cummings, Of San Francisco,
the champion roller skater, is now In the
employ Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
company.
Miss Winnaretta Singer, daughter Of Sew
ing Machine Singer, bimillionairess, Is en-
gagged to gild the title Of the Prince de Scey'
Montbeliard.
Edith Clark, OF San Francisco, has received
a silver medal from the secretary Of the
treasury for saving aschoclmate from drown
ing last year.
Miss Caroline KinSey Is the superintendent
Of the Tazeweu county, Ills, poor farm, at a
salary Of $1,000 per year. She succeeded her
father to the position.
Nine. Popp, the doyenne Of Belgian jour
nalists for fifty years editor Of The Bruges
Journal, has written up to tho present no less
than 5000 articles, each containing from
5000 to 1900 words.
Mrs Lathrop is a near relative Of Senator
Leland Stamford of California, and is a very
wealthy widow. Her Saratoga home is a
magnificent house, Gothic in style and sur
rounded by handsome lawns.
Miss Alice E Freeman, rumor has it, has
resigned the presidency Of Wellesley college,
but viii fill the position until successor has
been appointed. The reason assigned is that
she is about to marry Harvard professor.
Mrs. Beecher seems unable, since her huS-
bands death, to remain long away from
Brooklyn. Her white and pathetically COM
posed face is seen among the Plymouth
pariShioners every few weeks, though nOmi-
nally she is spending the summer at STAN
ford.
Miss OvingtOn, Of Brooklyn, who is to
marry Capt Nathan Appleton, of Boston,
has made an enviable reputation as a photo
grapher. She is now at Ems, where she has
attracted the attention Of Emperor William
The aged monarch has promised TO sit for his
picture before Miss Ovington's camera
The widow Of President Barios has rented
cottage at Newport. She is, without being
exactly beauty, a fine looking woman, very
affable and pleasant, and owns some Of the
finest Mexican fire opals ever seen. She wears
black thread lace dressed over silk or satin
slips, with natural flowers only as ornaments
roses usually,
MrS. yam Phon Lee and her husband, the
Americanized Chinaman, are provoking more
attention than they desire at Narragansett
Pier. Wherever they go they are gazed at
by curious eyes. Mrs. Lee is a young woman
with dark complexion, blue eyes, regular
features and dark brown hair. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee were present recently at Casino hop,
but did not indulge in dancing.